Work & commute · Addison

Work & commute in Addison, IL

Most working residents leave Addison for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Elk Grove Village (4%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,592 of 16,461 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,869 Addison residents head out of town to work, 1,592 work right here, and 23,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Addison.

14,869live here, work elsewhere

1,592live and work here

23,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Addison goes to work

Chicago17.9 mi away

14%2,366

Addison (in town)right here

10%1,592

Elk Grove Village5.2 mi away

4%640

Schaumburg7.8 mi away

4%597

Elmhurst4.1 mi away

3%456

Bensenville3.8 mi away

2%398

Lombard3.9 mi away

2%393

Carol Stream6.4 mi away

2%350

Itasca3.2 mi away

2%332

Wood Dale2.9 mi away

2%322

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%9,015

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Addison commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

55%

37%

55%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Addison is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Addison are

25,187 jobs are based in Addison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Addison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Addison

25,187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Addison residents hold

16,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+5%

Jobs based in Addison, 2013 → 2023: 23,919 → 25,187. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.